18-year-old Chloe Moretz to play the lead role in a new film Studio Universal Pictures "The Little Mermaid". Chloe try on the image of the beloved heroine of children's tales by Hans Christian Anderson.

It is expected that the script for the new adaptation of the famous fairytale will write Richard Curtis. The film was supposed to be Sofia Coppola. But Sofia was against Chloe Moretz in the image of the little Mermaid. Could not find common language with the Studio, Coppola left the project. Who will take her place as yet unknown.

First story is Hans Christian Anderson's little mermaid, who falls in love with a man, was published in 1837. In 1989, Disney released the cartoon "the little Mermaid", which has become a favorite of millions of children for many years.